In this chapter the Lord shares with the 12 disciples the privilege of preaching and healing. What a time of great blessing it was for Israel! However, there was a man named Herod who had a bad conscience because he had beheaded John the Baptist. Some people thought that John was risen again and was doing all these miracles.
As the evening drew on, large crowds followed the Lord into a desert place and it was time for supper. What were they going to eat? They only had five loaves and two fishes, but that was enough for the Lord Jesus. He gave thanks and had the disciples set this before the multitude. They ate, were all filled, and 12 baskets of fragments remained!
After eight days the Lord took Peter, John and James up into a mountain to pray. Moses and Elias (Elijah) appeared and talked with Jesus about what was going to happen in Jerusalem. Peter was so afraid that he didn’t know what to say. Then a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son: hear Him.” God does not want His Son put on the same level with sinful man.
When they came down from the mountain, He told them that He would be delivered into the hands of men. Instead of feeling badly about this, they were arguing about who would be the greatest. Are we looking for a great place in a world that crucified the Lord Jesus?
Although He is the Lord of glory, yet He was in the world as a stranger. Even the foxes had holes and the birds of the air had nests, but He didn’t have anywhere to lay His head. What a blessed Lord we have! He emptied Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross (Philippians 2:88And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. (Philippians 2:8)).
1. Who beheaded John the Baptist? __________ Luke 9:___
2. Besides feeding a multitude of over 5000, how many baskets of fragments remained? __________ Luke 9:___
3. What did the voice that came out of the cloud say concerning God’s Son? __________ Luke 9:___
4. The Lord Jesus said that to receive a __________ in His name was to receive Him. Luke 9:___
5. Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but who had nowhere to lay His head? __________ Luke 9:___